{"product_id":"the-horses-who-made-me-9781646012152","title":"The Horses Who Made Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a Grand Prix dressage rider\u003cbr\u003ecompeted at the highest level before finding her way to liberty work, and the\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary lessons that molded her perceptions, understandings, and feelings\u003cbr\u003ealong the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In my eyes,\" says former French\u003cbr\u003einternational dressage competitor Alizée Froment, \"dressage is the journey to\u003cbr\u003eperfect communication and absolute harmony between horse and rider.\" Her own\u003cbr\u003ejourney began on the backs of Shetland ponies under the watchful eyes of her\u003cbr\u003emother and then found its way into jumping competitions, and later on, dressage\u003cbr\u003earenas. Along the way, many horses entered and exited her life, each bringing\u003cbr\u003ewith them a depth of personality that steadily built her understanding of the\u003cbr\u003erelationship a rider can build with an equine partner.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her deeply personal and\u003cbr\u003estrikingly beautiful book, Froment traces her evolution as a horsewoman, a\u003cbr\u003edressage competitor, and now a world-renowned performer and trainer of liberty horses--horses that perform free of anything on their bodies.\u003cbr\u003eReaders meet the ponies she learned on, and the challenging mounts that helped\u003cbr\u003eher grow as a junior rider. There were horses she immediately loved and horses\u003cbr\u003eshe had to work to connect with--and eventually there were Mistral and Sultan, \u003cbr\u003ewho she calls her \"yin and yang,\" and who elevated her aspirations both beside\u003cbr\u003eand on the back of a horse. It is with these two special souls that Froment\u003cbr\u003efurther explored riding the Grand Prix movements with only a neck rope--no\u003cbr\u003ebridle or bit, and often bareback as well--and demonstrating to the world the\u003cbr\u003epotential that is there for all riders to enjoy, if they are open to the\u003cbr\u003eexperience and are willing to take the time for it to evolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will be entranced by\u003cbr\u003eFroment's willingness to bare her soul, powerfully articulating her feelings\u003cbr\u003ewhen confronted with jealousy, with performance expectations, with the\u003cbr\u003epossibility of losing the horse she loved to an unknown buyer, with retiring a\u003cbr\u003ebeloved partner, and with the changing circumstances and altered allegiances of\u003cbr\u003eher heart when her daughter Louise is born. As tender as a story about riding, competing, and performing with horses at the highest levels can be, \u003ci\u003eThe Horses Who Made Me\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cbr\u003efirst a story of one woman's personal journey, eternally questioning herself, \u003cbr\u003eand second, an inspiration for anyone who is forever striving for a better way\u003cbr\u003eof training horses, because of the profound beauty you just might find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlizée Froment\u003c\/b\u003e was the child of two riding\u003cbr\u003einstructors and grew up in the stable, discovering dressage as a young rider, \u003cbr\u003eand eventually competing successfully internationally at the Grand Prix level, \u003cbr\u003eas well as training the French National Dressage Pony Team. Since 2009, Froment\u003cbr\u003ehas been sharing her philosophy of working with horses in beautiful performances\u003cbr\u003ewhere she demonstrates that even the most technical dressage exercises can be\u003cbr\u003eridden with only a neck rope (no bridle or bit). With over 90,000 followers on\u003cbr\u003eInstagram, almost 50,000 on Facebook, and close to 130 million views on TikTok, \u003cbr\u003eshe has become famous for integrating the neck rope into her everyday training\u003cbr\u003ewith horses of all levels. She shows it is not only a way to strengthen the\u003cbr\u003erelationship with the horse but also a way of testing if the dressage training\u003cbr\u003eis progressing correctly. She has been called \"The French woman on a mission,\"\u003cbr\u003eas she is always looking to better understand and discover new things in the\u003cbr\u003erelationship we can build with horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trafalgar Square Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475314770194,"sku":"9781646012152","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c6d60d9-c30b-4d4e-824d-31cbba0d72a5.jpg?v=1752592259","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-horses-who-made-me-9781646012152","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}